Caterpillar knocked down, the movement is possible! 5 great Soviet tank

Bochkovsky Vladimir (28 June 1923 - May 7, 1999)
In order to understand what took place, Lieutenant-General Vladimir Bochkovsky, just look at his track record. His military career began at the Kharkov Tank School, where he was the day after the war began. After graduating, he went to the Bryansk Front, where he commanded the cruise company. In one of the first battles Bochkovsky company arrived at the railway station, where he was sandwiched between shelling and German tanks - the tanks had opened fire on a railway platform. Covering each other, they went down to the ground, took the order of battle and retreated. Once in battle on August 12 in the village Sklyaevo Bochkovsky was wounded in the thigh, but he continued to fight until he lost consciousness. Bleeding soldier saved the young sergeant Fyodorov, rushed to the aid light tank T-60.
Long-term treatment did not prevent Bochkovsky return to duty. In the years 1944-1945 he worked constantly at the forefront of a tank brigade, or to raid behind enemy lines, sometimes venturing into enemy territory to 100-130 kilometers. The duration of the raids reached a half months. The German rear brigade Bochkovsky destroyed headquarters, communications centers and airports, surviving by trophies of food and fuel. Constant communication with the command at Bochkovsky was not - the problem his team staged with the help of aviation. In one of the raids battalion Bochkovsky Nazis stole the Ukrainian city of Chortkiv and held it until the main forces.



T-34-76, abandoned an unsuccessful discharge line Voroshilovka-Stalingrad, June 21, 1942.



Korol'kov Ivan Ivanovich (May 22, 1915 - January 6, 1973)
Having served in the early days of the war as a driver, by the Battle of Stalingrad Ivan Korol'kov became company commander of heavy tanks. But his first big test was the Kharkov operation, during which the company Korol'kova repelled numerous attacks of the Germans defending the railway station Bulatselovka. During this fight, not only Korol'kov masterfully coordinated the actions of subordinates, but he knocked out eight tanks.
But the most glorious hour Korol'kova became the Battle of Stalingrad. In August 1941 a key point of the defense of the city was 74 patrol in the south-west of Stalingrad. They concentrated their forces Germans flocked to the same, and the Soviet troops, including the company Korol'kova.



During the fighting, 18 August 1942, when the Soviet infantry began to retreat, Korol'kov jumped out of the tank and infantry divisions led the offensive, to inspire colleagues. In the battle he was seriously wounded, but still went on to lead a tank company to complete victory in the battle, for which he later was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Within a short period battles from June 22 to September 20, 1942 on account of the crew Korol'kova is simply an astronomical number of padded equipment and infantry destroyed 26 tanks and 1,400 troops.



Nikolay Andreev Rodionovich (Aug 7, 1921 - April 5, 2000)
The glorious military career does not always start with victories - in the biography of Nikolai Andreyev beginning of the war was marked by constant ostupleniem by German forces. In July 1941, he participated in the defense of Berdichev, and after the failure of the operation was surrounded near Uman, from which still managed to get through to her.
However, the exploits were not far off. October 24, 1941 Andreev joined the battle with superior forces near Belgorod. Being wounded in the brush, he continued to lead the crew and kept the onslaught of the enemy. In December, four days his crew destroyed a company of German infantry and several enemy tanks and guns. For this Andreyev he was awarded the Order of the Red Star.



In August 1942, Andreev had been a platoon commander and moved to the area of ​​the junction 74 at Stalingrad. Under the massive air bombardment, the first battalion of Andreyev went on the attack and met with a column of twenty German tanks. Moving along the column, Andreev turned gun at a right angle to the direction of the enemy and opened fire, catching the enemy off guard. In this battle, the crew Andreev destroyed five tanks knocked out and two more - in this case, one of the tanks was destroyed by battering ram.



Konstantin Samokhin (March 14, 1915 - February 22, 1942)
The officer Konstantin Samokhin began his battle your way to the Soviet-Finnish War, where he was awarded the medal "For Service in Battle". And the first months of the Great Patriotic War Samohin spent in fierce defensive battles. In October 1941, he commanded a tank company, defending Sheino village near Moscow. Losing technique was impossible, so Samohin led the tanks in reserve, and the other - buried. His defense team held virtually alone as long as it did not come to the aid of the 1st Tank Battalion, the Germans suddenly attacked from the flank. By this time the tank Samokhina already begun to fail due to overheating guns. For a terrific defense Sheino Samokhina promoted to commander of the 2nd Tank Battalion.



Next feat tanker has made just one month: in the battle for the village of Kozlov and his crew Skirmanovo destroyed six tanks and almost an entire company of soldiers of the enemy, fighting for 20 hours. Konstantin Samokhin died February 22, 1942 during the storming of the village Arzhanik. According to some estimates, at this point on account of his crew were already dashing 69 enemy tanks.



Bryukhov Vasily (b. January 9, 1924)
Vasily Bryukhov not immediately found his calling - he started the war soldier ski troops, after being wounded was sent to study in Perm Aviation Technical School, but in the end, not wanting to serve in the rear, made the transfer in Stalingrad Tank School. In April 1943, he was appointed commander of the platoon and sent to the front.
Bryukhov passed its baptism of fire in the famous tank battle at Prokhorovka - where he knocked out two enemy tanks, but he twice left burning T-34. After Prokhorovka Bryukhov participated in the Orel and Bryansk operations, he fought on the second Baltic Front, and participated in the liberation of Moldova and Ukraine. Fighting for the Romanian city of Husi and Seret, nine crew Bryukhova destroyed 90 German tanks and infantry soldiers.



Later, as commander of a tank company, the belly makes a great raid on the rear of the enemy - his squad first Soviet troops entered the territory of Hungary and attacked the city of Button. During the battle repulsed company Bryukhova city by German-Hungarian troops and held him until the arrival of Soviet troops, reflecting five enemy counterattacks. Bryukhov himself in this operation destroyed four tanks, seven guns, mortars and more than thirteen hundred infantry of the enemy.



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